BEIRUT- Benjamin Netanyahu and his colonial regime’s pillars were surprised that the fighter who humiliated its soldiers in Rafah, facing tanks and drones, and then was martyred during the battle, was Yahiya Sinwar, a chief architect of the glorious “Operation Al Aqsa Flood” on 7 October 2023.

Sinwar was the Palestinian knight they had spent a year pursuing in vain, fabricating false narratives about him taking cover in a tunnel surrounded by their Zionist colonial prisoners of war as “human shields”.

Yahya Sinwar, a heroic fighter on the battlefield, like his resistance comrades, without the privileges of leaders, has eventually ascended as a martyr, a hero until his last breath, leaving behind the prisoner exchange deal in the unknown.

In the midst of a fierce confrontation with the Zionist eradication project and the racist genocidal mentality, Sinwar who is the engineer of the “Al-Aqsa Flood” will be remembered as one of the heroes who have changed the face of the region and the world.

Sinwar spent 24 years in Israeli occupation prisons. He was released during the “Free Men’s Deal” in 2011 (he was sentenced to 4 life sentences).  Before he was elected as the head of Hamas in Gaza, he was at the top of the leadership of the “Al-Qassam Brigades” and its representative in the Hamas Political Bureau.

During his captivity, he delved into the search for the most effective ways to weaken the occupation colonial entity. After his release, he turned Hamas into a strong ally of the forces of the axis of resistance. They trusted him and he trusted them, certain that the final word in the confrontation he has lunched would not be closed except with a pivotal historic victory.

The daily crimes committed by the occupation give the people of Gaza more certainty that their fate is victory or martyrdom. After Sinwar, the resistance will continue to prove that the Palestinian cause will not fall no matter the cost. As in previous experiences, the martyrdom of the leader will only make our nations stronger.  

Without Sinwar’s conditions, it will not be easy to reach a swap deal to return the Zionist prisoners of war, knowing that the conditions of Sinwar’s successor will only be more complicated and difficult. 

Given his work in the Hamas military apparatus and the apparatus’ reliance on Iranian support, Sinwar was in constant contact with Tehran. He worked hard to strengthen his resistance’s relationship with Iran, which provided it with all means of strength, training and confrontation, diplomatic and military. 

Meanwhile, the confrontation with the Israeli aggression on the Lebanese border continue. The Israeli enemy army is suffering heavy losses in its equipment and number of officers and soldiers, whereby Hezbollah’s missiles are successfully and effectively reaching its locations deep inside the occupied Palestinian territories.

Gaza – like Lebanon – will prove the US-led war will fail to achieve any minor political or military achievements. The more time passes, the greater the cost of continuing the war both Washington and its proxy “Israel” would pay. This in itself will be the “Sinwar curse” that will humiliate every aggressor against Gaza and its legendary steadfast people.